What is "devoir"

Usage examples of "devoir".

Lors de la guerre de Cent Ans, la petite ville eut beaucoup a souffrir et fit vaillamment son devoir.

Sir, of your valliance you should have held to your good vow,--quoth the damozel, for now you see me sore perplexed and that you did not your devoir is my affliction.

Mais, comme cette supposition repose sur des faits certains, mon devoir de mere est de prendre des precautions.

As each pair made their devoirs, they parted to either side so that the banner-bearer approached through an honor guard of three on each side.

Had kind fate but willed her to be born a gentlewoman of high degree in her own right and had she only received the benefit of a good education Gerty MacDowell might easily have held her own beside any lady in the land and have seen herself exquisitely gowned with jewels on her brow and patrician suitors at her feet vying with one another to pay their devoirs to her.

The Welsh gentlemen, after paying their devoirs to the countess next morning, rode on in fresh health and spirits at mid-day to Barlings, the seat of Mr.

Dans cette hypothese, le roi vous autorise a agir de concert avec eux, de suivre la direction qu'ils jugeront devoir vous donner, et d'employer tous les moyens pour augmenter le nombre des partisans de la bonne cause.

Though thine array be bad, and ill besey,* *poor to look on *Do thou thy devoir at the leaste way.

Thou knowest eek of olde al my plesaunce, Thogh thyn array be badde and yvel biseye, Do thou thy devoir at the leeste weye.

I wish you a good morning, and will pay my devoirs in a day or two to inquire after your health, and hear what has taken place.

I entreat your worship by your devoir as a gentleman to be so good as to make a declaration before the alcalde of this village that you never in all your life saw me until now, and that neither am I the Don Quixote in print in the Second Part, nor this Sancho Panza, my squire, the one your worship knew.